To J. D. Hooker 30 [September 1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
30th
My dear H.
Your magnificent present of Aldrovanda has arrived quite safe.2 I have enjoyed greatly a good look at the shut leaves, one of which I cut open. It is an aquatic Dionæa, which has acquired some structures identical with those of Utricularia!3
If the leaves open, & I can transfer them open under the microscope I will try some experiments, for mortal man cannot resist the tempation.— If I cannot transfer, I will do nothing, for otherwise it wd require hundreds of leaves.—
You are a good man to give me such pleasure
Yours affect | C. Darwin
Pray thank Oliver very much for his paper; they seem marvellous little bladders & unlike those which I have examined.4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
The Aldrovanda has arrived. Has examined the leaves. It is an aquatic Dionaea which has acquired some structures identical to those of Utricularia!
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9664
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 340–341
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9664,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9664.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22